Wind-shield.



E. S.AD'AMS.

WIND' $HIELD. APPLICATION IILED'JUNIH. 1909.

Zia wanton Ziwarzl 5. 265475781 Patented June 28, 1910.

EDWARD S. ADAMS, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

WIND-SHIELD.

Specification of Letters Patent Patented J 11% 28, 1910.

Application filed June 7, 1909. Serial No. 505 ,3

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD S. ADAMS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Go-- lumbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wind-Shields, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to wind shields for vehicles and moreparticularly to automobile wind shields, the object of the inventionbeing to provide a device of this character adapted to be attached tothe dash of an automobile and comprising a fixed bottom portion and anupper portion hingedly connected thereto in such manner that the upperhinged portion may be swung in either direction, to thereby adapt thedevice to be applied to varying makes of automobiles.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in thedetailed description which now follows:

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a side elevation of the frontportion of an automobile, showing the invention applied thereto, Fig. 2is an enlarged edge elevation illustrating the hinged joint between theupper and lower sections of the wind shield, Fig. 3 is a side elevationof the hinge joint, Fig. 4 is a vertical section upon line 4-4 of Fig.2, and Fig. 5 is a section upon line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Like numerals designate corresponding parts in all of the fi res of thedrawing.

Referring to the rawing, it will be seen that the wind shield comprisesa lower fixed frame 5, that may be secured to the dash 6 of anautomobile by clips 7 and braces 8. The upper frame section 9 of thewind shield, is hingedly connected to the lower section 5 thereof, andit is in the manner of hingedly connecting these two sections that theinvention particularly resides. It is to be understood that the upperand lower frame sections carry sheets of glass, celluloid or othertransparent material indicated at 10. Holders 11 extend across the loweredge of the upper section and the upper edge of the lower section andreceive the edges of the transparent material as indicated in Fig. 3.

It is to be understood that the hinge structure now to be described, isduplicated at the opposite sides of the wind shield and since thesehinge structures are exactly alike, only one has been shown. These hingestructures 1 tles may comprise hinge plates 12, 13, 14 and 15, theplates 12 and 18 lying up the lnner fa of the shield and the plateS 14and 15 157mg .upon the outer face of tlio Shield- The plates 13 and 15have tubular extenslons 16 between which tubular extensions of theplates 12 and 14 lie in the usual mi of hinges of this character. It isby pro Yldlng what are substantially removable plntles for these hinges,that renders it possibi i to break or swing the upper section of theW132 shield in either direction. By referring to Fig. 4:, it will beseen that" screws 19 having knurled heads 20 arex.

threaded into the outer tubular extensions of each of the plates 13 and15 and one of these screws binds in position the reduced end 21 of thebrace 8. A pintle 22 having a knurled head 23 enters each of the innertubular extensions of the plates 13 and 15 7 and passes through thetubular extensions 18 of the plates 12 and 14. These pintles havereduced portions 2 1 and 25 (see Fig. 4,) the metal rising graduallyfrom the reduced portion 24. The reduced portion 25 terminates in anabrupt shoulder 26.

The lower hinge plates 13 and 15 carry spring tongues 16 and are out outat 17 to permit said spring tongues to enter the inner tubular extension16. These spring tongues therefore act as latches to hold the pintles 22in position. When the shield is in use, these spring tongues lie in thereduced portions 2 1 of the pintles and hold the whole structuresecurely in position, but if it be desired to swing the portion 9 of theshield outwardly, the inner pintle upon each side of. the shield, iswithdrawn by pulling upon the knurled head 23 until the abrupt shoulder26 strikes against the spring tongue, This withdraws the pintles fromthe tubular extensions 18 of the plates 12 and permits the shield to beswung over toward the front of the automobile or other vehicle.

If it be desired to swing the shield rearwardly, the outside pintles arewithdrawn, as will be readily understood. The provision of the springtongues and the abrupt shoulders 26 upon the pintles, prevents thecomplete withdrawal of said pintles and consequently prevents theaccidental loss of said pintles.

It is apparent that by pulling out upon the spring tongues, so that bothof the pinbe removed and by disengaging the screws 19 from the braces 8,the entire upper sectlon of the wind shield may be removed when desired.

From the foregoingdescription, it will be seen that simple and efficientmeans are herein provided for accomplishing the objects of theinvention, but while the ele ments shown and described ar''well adaptedto serve the purposes for whi h they are in tended, it is to beunderstood that the in- V 6I1'G10Il 1S 1101? t ft'o the preciseconstruc- 11911 Set forth, ut includes within its purvlew such rges asmay be made within the scope i -the appended claim.

What, I Zclaim, is:

A ftld for automobiles comprising a w section and an upper section, a

pair of interengaging hinge plates upon the front face of the shield ateach side thereof, a pair of interengaging hinge plates upon each sideof the shield at the rear face thereof, removable intles for connectingsaid hinge plates, and means for preventing the complete withdrawal ofsaid pintles from sald hinge plates, said means comprising springtongues adapted to enter reduced portions of said pintles.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD S. ADAMS.

WVitnesses:

A; L. PHELPs, L. CARL STOUGHTON.

